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Egypt Ready To Defend Saudi Arabia

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Egyptian state media later reported that parliament would hold an emergency session on Sunday at Sisi’s request to consider possible support for Saudi defences.

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The incident comes a week after strikes by the Houthis killed 13 people at Riyadh’s international airport, the deadliest attack in Saudi Arabia in more than a decade.

4 of 5 outletsfirst reported 17 Octwording from Dawn

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has vowed to take ‘any measure’ to defend Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks.

4 of 5 outletsfirst reported 17 Octwording from Al Jazeera

Egypt also joined the Saudi-led coalition that intervened in 2015 to support the Yemeni government against the Houthis.

3 of 5 outletsfirst reported 17 Octwording from The Straits Times

Saudi Arabia has carried out daily air strikes on the Houthis in Yemen, where government forces are seeking to roll back gains the group made in a lightning offensive in September.

3 of 5 outletsfirst reported 18 Octwording from The Straits Times

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“We have intercepted and destroyed four drones over the past few hours in the regions of Riyadh, the Eastern Province, and the South,” coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki wrote on X.

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Egypt was not looking to intervene in regional wars, el-Sisi said, but it was “inconceivable” for Cairo to stand by while Saudi Arabia was harmed.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, meanwhile, said Tehran supported a “comprehensive political process as the only practical and sustainable way to resolve” the conflict.

4 outlets

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How it changed

  1. 17 Oct

    “We have intercepted and destroyed four drones over the past few hours in the regions of Riyadh, the Eastern Province, and the South,” coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki wrote on X.

    5 outlets · New York Post
  2. 18 Oct

    Egypt was not looking to intervene in regional wars, el-Sisi said, but it was “inconceivable” for Cairo to stand by while Saudi Arabia was harmed.

    4 outlets · Al Jazeera

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